A Federal High Court in Abuja, has turned down the bail application of the former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, who is presently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged fraud of 60 billion Naira.
A huge protest broke out in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Thursday, as excited crowds of residents shut down business and commercial activities, declaring their support for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC's probe of Governor Ayodele Fayose.
Court documents filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the Federal High Court in Ekiti have showed details of how the state governor, Ayo Fayose, received N1.2 billion from former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, a retired Colonel, through former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail in the sum of N250m to two former ministers of the federal republic, Femi Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman, who are being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for an alleged fraud of N4.9bn.
Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh says he will return the N400 million given to him by former President Goodluck Jonathan for media campaigns ahead of the 2015 Presidential Election.
